Court Relief: Non-bailable warrant against Mumbai doctor accused in child trafficking case revoked

Published On 2021-06-02 03:45 GMT | Update On 2021-06-02 12:10 GMT

Mumbai: Setting aside an order of Andheri magistrate court, the session court has recently cancelled the non-bailable warrant issued against a doctor who was accused of being involved in the trafficking of an infant. However, the session court has imposed a penalty of Rs 3,000 on him.

As per a recent media report in the Free Press Journal, the doctor has been identified as a 56-year-old who is a resident of Telangana allegedly involved in a case where an auto driver stole the child of a footpath dweller and transferred the baby to Hyderabad with the help of another person. The doctor then allegedly sold the child to a gullible couple who did not have any clue about the child being stolen. The couple allegedly paid Rs 4 lakh to the doctor as he assured the couple that the child was from an institution.

Following this, the doctor was booked but he was out on bail. However, later the magistrate court gave a date for the session, but he did not attend the session. Taking action, the magistrate court issued a warrant against the doctor after which he made an application before the court to cancel it. But the magistrate rejected his plea.

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Free Press Journal reports that the Additional session court judge DD Khoche said that he also found the warning to be just and legal as it was observed by the court that though the doctor was present at the premise of the court during the time of the session, he did not attend the court when called for. The bench also took note of the fact that the police officers and the other accused who travelled to the court from the jail had to return to the jail without any progress in the case due to the absence of the accused.

However, the session court judge pointed out that when the doctor appealed for the cancellation of the warrant, the magistrate court should have taken other measures instead of refusing the plea. The court pointed out that the magistrate has the power to cancel the warrant and accordingly penalize the applicant for his absence during the court session but the magistrate did not consider doing any of them.

It was further added that if the magistrate did not consider cancelling the warrant and the applicant was present before the court, it should have immediately sent him under custody, adds the daily.

According to FPJ, the session court has imposed a penalty of Rs. 3000 on the doctor considering that the police, as well as the other accused parties, had to undergo hazards due to his absence. The accused has to be brought safely to the court premises but the case could not proceed as the doctor did not appear before the magistrate on the stipulated date and time. "In such circumstances, it is proper that the revisional applicant be appropriately saddled with a penalty," the court said.

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Sanchari Chattopadhyay

Sanchari Chattopadhyay has pursued her M.A in English and Culture Studies from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal. She likes observing cultural specificities and exploring new places.

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Court Relief: Non-bailable warrant against Mumbai doctor accused in child trafficking case revoked

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